Cricket: Saughall march on in Cheshire Alliance Division Two

May 20 2010 by Paul Wheelock, Chester Chronicle

Cheshire Alliance: Saughall march on in Division Two

SAUGHALL made it three Cheshire Alliance Division Two wins on the spin as they swept aside Ellesmere Port on Saturday.

The struggling visitors chose to take first use of a flat batting track only to be rocked when Lawrence Gotts (3-74) claimed the scalps of their openers.

Port recovered, however, and looked set to post a decent score when they reached 141-5. But they collapsed horribly, losing their last five wickets for just three runs with Dipak Jena (5-25) doing most of the damage.

Opener Martin Huxley (80no) then produced a vintage innings to fire Saughall to 146-4 and up to third in the early standings.

FRODSHAM’S unbeaten Division One run is now up to three matches, although they had to settle for a draw at home to Wilmslow on Saturday.

Captain Geoff Abram (80no), Jonathan Lewis (73), Tom Wilkinson (45) and Ged Swan (30no) let loose as Frodsham put on 249-9. Their hopes of victory were dashed, though, as the lowly away side held out on 169-6 (Martin Dodd 3-26).

CAPENHURST got off the mark in Division Three with a 121-run home success over The Groves 2nds.

Cape cracked 162-8 (A Walkeling 49, N Tilby 45) before snaffling their Ellesmere Port opponents up for just 41 (P Nale 3-6).